A Japanese battle flag captured by U.S. forces during World War II that was donated to a Goodwill store in Davenport is headed for a museum.

The Quad-City Times says the flag was among items recently donated. Goodwill of the Heartland says the flag was captured after the battle of Tarawa Island in the Pacific.

Goodwill listed the flag on its online auction site. But when bids topped $4,000, it got the attention of Jason Wilcox, Goodwill's e-commerce leader. He says it's an important part of military history.

Goodwill has donated the flag to the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. The flag has an inscription along the border that says it was captured from Japanese Imperial Marines on Nov. 24, 1943.